Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Empowering human research ethics committees to review genomics applications: evaluating the utility of a custom online education resource

 

n

Total

29

Gender

 

Male

9

Female

20

HREC Role

 

Category A - Chairperson

3

Category B – Lay member

5

Category C – Nurse or allied health professional

4

Category D – Pastoral member

1

Category E – Lawyer

3

Category F – Researcher

11

Not on a HREC

2

Years of HREC Experience

 

One year or less

5

2−5 years

11

6−10 years

8

More than 10 years

3

Not on a HREC

2

Genomics Experience

 

Yes

15

Undertaken genomics education/professional experience

13

Genomics ethics training

2

No

14

Comfort reviewing genomics applications

 

Low

11

Moderate

11

High

5

Not on a HREC

2